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Source: The Internet Movie Database.
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Sam McDaniel was born on January 28, 1886 in Wichita, Kansas. He is the brother of the late actresses Hattie and Etta McDaniel. Sam's first films were in 1929 when he appeared in "Brown Gravy" and "Hallelujah", where he was uncredited for his roles. Sam appeared in more than 200 films and unfortunately, he was not given proper credit in many of them. Sam McDaniel's last two films were in 1960 when he appeared in "Ice Palace", which he uncredited as a porter and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", which he also was not given credit as a servant. Sam McDaniel died on September 24, 1962 of throat cancer in Los Angeles, California.